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" You've got to keep things flying. "
Keith Emerson
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" There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about. "
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" If they want a photograph, then just take it. "
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" I had written movie scores, television series, played with other people. Carl had done the same with Asia, with other bands, everything. We weren't about to entrust Greg automatically with a production credit. "
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" At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad. "
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" I've gone through hell and back. "
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" We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result. "
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" They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade. "
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" If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour. "
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" I'm not a rich man, and Greg Lake is certainly not. I don't know how he can survive. I don't know how he can be that suicidal. But having said that, I'd love to be there to help Greg. "
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" I consider everything I compose a gift. "
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Everything
Consider
Compose
" Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. "
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Over
Off
" I've never written a book before. "
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Before
Never
Book
" We can all put weight on or lose weight. "
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Weight
Diet
Lose
" I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken. "
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You
Stage
" I was always playing the Hammond Organ back to front even during the days of the Nice, going back to 1968. Really what I was doing there, was choosing notes at random and trying to make some sense of them, improvising back to front. "
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Random
Trying
Nice
" If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous. "
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Would
Been
Disastrous
" We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on. "
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Younger
Looking
How
" I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it. "
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Go
Talking
Open
" I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child. "
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Only
Remember
Used
" I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it. "
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Love
Jazz
Great
" The best thing about this band is I'm the leader! "
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About
Band
" I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play. "
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